Hair-waver



H. NATKIEL AND I. FREEDMAN.

HAIR WAVER.

APPLICATION FILED 00130. 1919.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

A TTOR/VEYS l? rates are eerie HARRY NA'IKIEL AND ISADORE FREEDMAN, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS H ONE-THIRD T0 LOUIS POTEMKIN, OF NEW YORK,N. Y. I

HAIR-WAIVER.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1920.

. Isenonn FREEDMAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of thecity of New York, (borough of Manhattan,) in the county and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Hair-waver, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

. This invention relates to ladies toilet articles and has particularreference to hair dressing facilities.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a simple and easilymanipulated device i'or curling or Waving the hair.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for accomplishingthe general objects stated with the least danger of damaging or injuringthe hair.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact detailsof construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose ofillustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate thesame parts in the several views, and in which-=- Figure is a perspectiveView indicating the manner of use of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of our wavers open and in the formfor receiving the hair.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the waver closed; and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of a modified form of interlocking ends orpoints.

As will be noted by reference especially to Figs. 2 and 3, the deviceconsists of a single piece of spring material, such as flat steel or itsequivalent bent upon itself and curved in a peculiar manner toaccomplish the ends aimed at.

The device comprises essentially three arms or bars 10. 11- and 12approximately of equal length, although the inner part 19 is necessarilyslightly shorter than the others. 4

In the formation oi the device the strip of spring material is bent uponitself at 13 in the form of a rather sharp loop practically at themiddle. Adjacent to the bend or loop 13 the bars 11 and 12 are providedwith concave bends 14 and 15 between which.

the adjacent end of the bar 10 is fastened by any suitable means such asby spot weldmg, riveting or the equivalent. The main portions of thebars 11 and 12 are essens tially fiat between the ends or points thereofand the concavities just reierred to although each of them has aninherent tendency to curve outward away from the other when open, asshown in Fig. 2.

The point 16 of the bar 11 is relatively sharp and outwardly turned in adirection approximating a. right angle to the general plane of the bar;

The bar 12 has its end 17 bent inward parallel tothe main portionthereof and provided with a hole 18. The end 17 is spaced far enoughfrom the body of the bar to permit the point 16 of the other bar to passlaterally beneath the end 17 so that the point may project outward intoor through thehole when the device is looked as shown in Fig. 3.

The central bar 16 may be of any suitable construction, but preferablywavy or sinuous as indicated in Fig. 2 whereby the hair is given a morepronounced wavy or curly efi'ect in the practice of the invention.

With the device formed and open as shown in 2 the operator or hairdresser will apply it by wrapping a strand of hair around the centralarm or rib practically from one end to theother, but with only a.

vice is so left for the desired lens a to effect the waving or crimpingor" hair. (lb

viously the strand of l :11 is so gripped that it cannot unwind orbecome harrangod with respect to the waver unti the inter loci-zed endsof the outer arms are mannally unlocked. The bends at 14 and 15ZICCUI11- modate the outer bars to the sinuous torm of the central rib.i' vhen the arms or bars 11 and 12 are straightened into binding actionover the outside of the coil of hair sev eral important functions areaccomplished: Firsh this straightening is in opposition to the normaltendency of these arms to curve apart, hence the tension-of these armsserves to place the hair under tension or compression to provide for thewaving thereof. Secondly the expensive tendency of the outer armsinsures the permanency of the interlocking connection between the endsthereofl To remove the device from the hair theinterlooked ends aresimply disconnested by first forcing the point downward through the holeand then giving the enjw cent ends a relative side movement, when thearms will spring apart and release the hair from the-central rib.

The modificetion of Fig. e differs from that previously described inthat the arm 11 is provided with a long slot 18 in its end forcooperation With ii hook shaped point 16' of the other arm 12. The slot18 in addition to a liole for the point of the other member to projectinward through it offords a. very effective thumb grip for themanipulation of the two ends for locking and unlocking, that is to sayby the applice n c" the thumb to the slotted portion of the aim llenough friction is established immediately to insure lateral movementsthat are necessary. The operation of the device so far as the curling orwaving of the hair is concerned is the same as that above set forth.

i e claim:

1. The herein described hair waver comprising a plurality of bars, theoutermost two of which are formed from the same piece oi? springmateriel bent sharply upon itself at about the middle and said two armshaving an inherent tendency to spring out,- wnrd from each other attheir. free ends, ellother of the bars lying between the two aforesaidburs having one end fashened iigidly nithi Z sharp bend zitthe point thefirst two mentioned. the lust mentioned her being of e sinube rs,

o'us form, and means to interlock the two 1 free ends of the firstmentioned bars together over the end of the sinuous bar.

2. in e hair waver, the combination of two outer reversely bentbow-shaped bars means connecti 11g these bars together rigidly at oneend while the other or free ends there-- of are provided withinterlocking hook and hole features, and a third bar located between thefirst "swo mentioned bars and heing'one end fixed rigitllvy at the pointof connection between the first two bars, the third bur beingessentially straight but h;iv ing a sinuous form and upon which the hairis adapted to be wound between the first two mentioned bars.

l-iARRY TAUTIUEB. ISADORE

